Bayer Leverkusen might have to improve their offer to land Granit Xhaka.
Arsenal are ready to allow Xhaka to leave as soon as they complete the £105m deal for West Ham captain Declan Rice. Leverkusen have got a deal for 30-year-old Xhaka all lined up and are ready to push ahead whenever Arsenal give the green light.
Xhaka is being offered at least a four-year contract in Germany and there is a feeling that if they view him as a long-term signing, then they should also have to pay around £20m rather than the bargain deal which has so far been mooted.
